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c. D. NEWTON. Cooking Rahge.

No. 97,216. Patented Nov. 23, I869.

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Letters Patent No. 97,216,

or TROY, NEW YORK.

dated Norember 23, 1869.

COOKING-RANGE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent-and making part of thesame.

Be it known that I, CHARLES I). NEWTON, of

Troy, in the county of Reusselaer, and "in .the State of N ew York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking-Ranges; and dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescn'ption' thereof, reference being had to'the accompauying drawing,making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 .is a frontelevation. of a cooking-ral-ige containing my improvements;

Letters of like name and kind refer to-like parts in each of thefigures. V

The natureof my invention consists in the employment of a fender uponthe front of a cooking-' range, so constructed as to permit of its beingsecured to or removed from said range, as may be desired; a

In the annexed drawiug,

A represents the front plate or casing, enclosing the fuel-chamber,immediately above and in rear of which are two baking-ovens, B and B,supported by the side and back plates 0, O, and D, and having around theoutside of each the usual flues, which are counectedwith saidfuel-chamber by means of a flue or pipe, E. I

Immediately above .the upper flue of the ovens is a warming-closet, F,-through which passes the exit-pipe G, by which means said closetreceives warmth from both flue and pipe.

The frorit of the closet F is enclosed by four slid-' ing doors, H andH, whiclnopeu outward from the centre, and are connected together oroperated in pairs, the centre doors,'H, being placed in a groove outsideof the others, H, which latter are provided a with a flange upon theirinner ends, projecting outward at a right angle, and engaging withsimilar flanges projecting inward from either end of the outer doors H,so that, when the latter are moved, laterally, in either direction, oneof the flanges thereon shall engage with that upon the inner door, andcause said door to slide in the same direction. V The grooves containingthe doors extend across the entire front, and permit said dobrs to heslid outward until only their inner ends are contained therein, Wherethey are held, by means of a pin or its equivalent, upon the innerendof-the inner doors, which projects tothe rear, so as to engage withthe side plates of the closet. Y

By this arrangement, it will be seen that the entire front of thewarming-closet can be thrown open, so as to permit of the introductionthereto, or removal therefrom, of any articles which said closet iscapable of containing,and, further, that it permits of the removal ofarticles from the sides of said closet without disturbing those placednear the centre, or where the doors are usually situated.

Although this arrangement is deemed most advantageous, if desired, thedoors may he hinged together, and to the side plates of the closet, soas to allow-the entire front thereof to be opened.

In order that the oven and warming-closet may be used, it is necessarythat the operator should, occasionally stand very close to the lowerpart of the stove,

and it often happens, that while thus engaged, the

clothes take fire, causing more or less damage, and, sometimes, loss oflife.

To guard against all liability to such accidents, I employ a fender, I,consisting of a metal rod, of the form shown in fig. 4, which issecured, at its ends, to the front plate A',.and projects outward, andacross the front of the same, so as to withhold the clothes from contactwith the heated range.

As, however, saidfender would be in the way when the roasting-oven isused, it is necessarythat it should be removable when desired, whichobject is accomplished by providing, upon each end thereof, ahook, 1',extending rearward and upward, as seen in figs; 3 and 5, so that, whenpassed through a suitable opening in the plate A, it will bear againstthe inside of said plate above the opening, while the shoulder or end ofsaid fender will bear against the outside of the plate below saidopening, and thus hold the fender in a horizontal position, the distancefrom the outside of said hook to the shoulder -or end of said fenderbeing:

just equal to the thickness of the plate.

When'thus constructed, the fender can bereadily applied to or removedfrom the stove, as occasion may require, and, as it costs but little,its general use is considered certain. 7

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure. by Letters Patent, is-

The employment of the movablefnder I, provided with the books 12 and t,upon the front of a cookingstove or range, substantially as andfor thepurpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I- have hereunto set my hand,this 7th day of August, 1869.

. CHAS. D. NEWTON. Witnesses:

W. J. KEEP, CHAS. H. HAZARD.

